Tea Bowl, Yuteki (oilspot) Tenmoku type, known as Hoshi-Kensan (Star-patterned tea bowl)

Jianzhan Kilns, ChinaChina, Southern Song dynasty, 12-13th c.

The Tokugawa Art Museum
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

China, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th c.

The quintessential Chinese Tea Bowl, Tenmoku, was the most esteemed type of bowl until the late Muromachi period., after which time Japanese aesthetics changed.

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Title: Tea Bowl, Yuteki (oilspot) Tenmoku type, known as Hoshi-Kensan (Star-patterned tea bowl)
Creator: Jianzhan Kilns, China
Date Created: China, Southern Song dynasty, 12-13th c.
Medium: pottery, iron glazed

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